COCA News March 2009

COCA News March 2009 Vol 4

In this Issue

Presidents Page

Editorial - Bushfires - Stan Innes

Feature - How Valuable is a Skilful Chiropractor? - Elizabeth Walters

Special Feature - COCA: Whats on for 2009 - Calendar of Seminars

Systematic Reviews

  • Effectiveness of acupuncture for low back pain: A systematic review
  • Efficacy and safety of steroid injections for shoulder and elbow tendonitis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
  • Knee bracing in Sports medicine: A review
  • Motor control exercise for persistent, non-specific low back pain: A systematic review
  • Chiropractic management of low back pain and low back related leg complaints: A literature synthesis
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome and the use of computer mouse and keyboard: A systematic review

News Update

  • How common is facet joint osteoarthritis and LBP in the community-based population?
  • Can abdominal pain be a result of spinal pathology?
  • Look at the hands!
  • Need an excuse to drink coffee?
  • What about grapes and red wines?
  • Is physical activity protective of LBP during and after pregnancy?
  • Caution needed when conducting pre-employment exams
  • A plug for COCA keep up continuing education, it has a positive result
  • Do all patients with anterior cruciate ligament injuries need surgery?

Abstracts

  • Exercise may ease disability in lumbar spinal stenosis
  • Kinematic analysis of the relationship between sagittal alignment and disc degeneration in the cervical spine
  • Links flattening of sagittal spinal curvature as a predictor of vertebral fracture
  • Movement of control tests of the low back; evaluation of the difference between patients with low back pain and healthy controls
  • Differences in range of motion between dominant and non-dominant sides of upper and lower extremities.

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